undergrown

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English

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Etymology

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under- +‎ grown

Adjective

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undergrown (not comparable)

  1. insufficiently grown; not having grown to a normal or suitable size.
  2. (obsolete) having pubic hair
    • 1733, Robert Seymour, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, volume 1, page 90:
      That I will soon wete (answered the Collector) and taking the young Maiden dishonestly, turned her up to search whether she were undergrown with Hair or not;